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Christopher Hollyday: On Course (1990)

One of the "Young Lions" of the late '80s, altoist Christopher Hollyday created a big stir when he appeared on the scene, but maintained a surprisingly low profile after the early '90s. He started playing alto when he was nine, developed quickly, and was playing in clubs when he was 14, the year when he recorded his first album on his own Jazzbeat label. Back then, he was heavily influenced by Charlie Parker, but a few years later Hollyday almost sounded like a clone of Jackie McLean. In 1988, he took a group into the Village Vanguard, and the following year he toured with Maynard Ferguson's big band. During 1989-1992, Hollyday recorded four CDs for Novus, and was starting to develop his own voice when he was dropped from the label. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Christopher Hollyday: On Course (1990) - all music guide review

This 1990 session sounds like a Blue Note date circa 1966 featuring Jackie McLean. At the age of 20, altoist Christopher Hollyday deserved credit for picking a different role model than anyone else in his generation but his advanced originals, creative choice of notes and high energy are consistently overshadowed by his derivative sound. Hollyday does experiment a bit wth the instrumentation, taking "Impromptu," "In a Love Affair" and "Spontaneous" as duets with respectively bassist John Lockwood, pianist Larry Goldings and drummer Ron Savage. The young rhythm section is excellent and the compositions (all but a melodic one-chorus version of "Memories of You" and Goldings' blues-with-a-bridge "Hit and Run" are the altoist's) are strong but Christopher Hollyday at this point did not have an original voice or message of his own. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
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track time

1.No Second Quarter (5:47)

2.Lady Street (5:33)

3.Memories of You (2:55)

4.Hit and Run (5:34)

5.West Side Winds (6:20)

6.Skeptical Spektical (5:36)

7.Impromptu (3:45)

8.In a Love Affair (5:47)

9.Spontaneous (2:17)

10.The 6th World (7:04)





Ronnie Laws: Flame (1978)

Product Description

This classic album by saxophonist Ronnie Laws from 1978 has been an all-time favorite of mine. Only briefly available on CD during the early 90ies this album still remains only available on LP. This album features EWF members Larry Dunn and Philip Bailey among others like Roland Bautista and Pat Kelly representing Ronnie Laws at his best.
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Track Listings

1. All for You

2. These Days

3. Flame

4. Living Love

5. Love Is Here

6. Grace

7. Joy

8. Live Your Life Away

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